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Smallest S&W 38 spl in Stainless
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Beach-Hunter
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MODEL 60 OR 649 are the smallest in SS.
mc5aw
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My Model 60 no dash is as small as a J-frame gets. With the correct minimalist grip, it can be made nearly invisible, in hand or in pocket.
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Model 60 in the pre-.357 Magnum size, chambered in 38 Special.
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Model 60
snubbiefan
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Yes to all the above, but I prefer the 649 simply because it's a bit less troublesome in pocket carry and can be fired from inside clothing. Weighs a little more, but just slips in the pocket a little better with no threat of a spur-snag. BUT....I love them both. I also have a 640 that fits in this family as well.
CAJUNLAWYER
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You ever fire it from inside clothing????
snubbiefan
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DRY FIRE for practice only! Can't afford to ruin a good jacket and sure as he!! don't plan to shoot from the front pants pocket. Can you visualize somebody pointing their leg at a BG. That may be enough to make him run.
I said "it could be"....not that I ever did it.
I said "it could be"....not that I ever did it.
ogilvyspecial
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One of my favorites.....
snubbiefan
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It's a beauty! I have a ND and a dash-2.....looking for a dash-1.
Hey....if you need to practice pocket-shooting, CAJUN will loan you his jacket.
Hey....if you need to practice pocket-shooting, CAJUN will loan you his jacket.
ogilvyspecial
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It's a beauty! I have a ND and a dash-2.....looking for a dash-1.
Hey....if you need to practice pocket-shooting, CAJUN will loan you his jacket.
Good deal!
All of my jacket & coat pockets have big holes in them!!
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Technically the smallest .38 Special is "The Baby Chief's Special" from the very early 1950's (only came in Blue & Nickel). The grip frame is about 3/8" shorter, the trigger guard is rounder and smaller too. Since they stopped making that model in 1952 I believe, your next practical "smallest .38 Special" will be one of the model 36's or 60's made from the mid 1950's to the late 1990's. Once they went to the stretched J Frame they did get a little bulkier.
IMHO the BEST they ever made was in the mid 1990's and is called the Model 60-7. That model has the improved front sight width, special heat treating for +P rated use, wider smooth trigger, was still all forged, still had the original frame (not stretched version) came with wooden Factory grips; and best of all did NOT come with the I/L. The M60-7 is stainless.
Chief38
IMHO the BEST they ever made was in the mid 1990's and is called the Model 60-7. That model has the improved front sight width, special heat treating for +P rated use, wider smooth trigger, was still all forged, still had the original frame (not stretched version) came with wooden Factory grips; and best of all did NOT come with the I/L. The M60-7 is stainless.
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CAJUNLAWYER
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The only reason I ask is that one of my biddies did it a long time ago. Set his coat on fire . Forgot he had his zippo in that pocketDRY FIRE for practice only! Can't afford to ruin a good jacket and sure as he!! don't plan to shoot from the front pants pocket. Can you visualize somebody pointing their leg at a BG. That may be enough to make him run.
I said "it could be"....not that I ever did it.
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